Re: Stones - Glastonbury 2013 and a handful of shows in UK & USA

Originally Posted by nbvcide

i'm talking about 2007. it was much worse than 2010. weekend passes were double. single day tickets just to see Rage were $300-400. it was ridiculous. and it was only because GV advertised it as the only RATM show in the U.S. for the whole year.

Were 3 day passes fetching more than $500 on the street in 2007?

Was the "only US show" thing in any official ads or just media article mumbo jumbo?

Re: Stones - Glastonbury 2013 and a handful of shows in UK & USA

i'm not going to believe for a second that there were more people there this year than in 2010. although there did seem to be more people there wknd 2 than wknd 1.

2010 had upwards of 10,000 people sneak in. An interviewers asked Tollett about that number and he gave a "I'm not good with numbers" type answer. Suffice to say, security and wristbands were much more sophisticated in 2011.

Re: Stones - Glastonbury 2013 and a handful of shows in UK & USA

Originally Posted by Bumblebee

2010 had upwards of 10,000 people sneak in. An interviewers asked Tollett about that number and he gave a "I'm not good with numbers" type answer. Suffice to say, security and wristbands were much more sophisticated in 2011.

Yes. but almost ALL of those people HAD paid, just to a scalper for a VOIDED wristband. I would be curious to get from GV the number of 'lost' wristbands during shipping, where a customer told Frontgate they never received the wristband, they get shipped a new one, the old one is voided in the system, then the person sells the voided wristband on Craigslist or at the gate.. almost all the people i saw fence jumping had wristbands, they just didn't work. most of the gate rushers were people whose wristband wouldn't scan. I even saw somebody when they were scanning us to leave, he tried to fake it with his and just keep walking, knowing his wristband wouldn't scan, but he was leaving so what were they going to do?

Re: Stones - Glastonbury 2013 and a handful of shows in UK & USA

Originally Posted by nbvcide

i imagine they restructured how they do the wristbands, i doubt they had the heart ones prior to 2010.

In previous years guests would receive a wristband good for stage access or backstage access(no stage), or prior to that just a side stage or main stage wristband. The heart wristband last year was for guests and basically the same as the "backstage" band the year before, same access and all. And comps are all but gone. I recall hearing there being 5,000+/day back in the mid 00's when they were still building the brand, down to fewer than 500 towards the end of the decade, now there are basically zero. Bands get some to hand out to friends, but even some of the smaller groups have a hard time getting enough to cover roadies. Many celebs probably have their management buy the passes for 'em.

Re: Stones - Glastonbury 2013 and a handful of shows in UK & USA

COACHELLA 2013: Will the Rolling Stones top lineup?According to Rolling Stone, The Rolling Stones posted a tour date for Indio, Calif. in April via the band’s mobile app and then took it down.

Posted on | December 14, 2012
Press Enterprise - by Vanessa Franko

From Rolling Stone:
“A pair of new dates appeared under the tour section of the bands’ mobile app: the first was an April 12th stop in Indio, California, listed as “Coachella 2013.” Fans posted a screengrab on Twitter and various fan sites. By 10:30 a.m. EST, the date was taken down.”

The 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will have twin editions April 12-14 and April 19-21 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

The band has only scheduled a few dates for its 50th anniversary tour, including another night in New Jersey this weekend. They appeared for two songs on the 12-12-12 concert benefit for victims of Sandy.

Keith Richards Rolling Stones
This image released by Starpix shows Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones performing at the 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Proceeds from the show will be distributed through the Robin Hood Foundation. (AP Photo)

I really thought the Stones were going to play last year after news broke out a while back about contracts with the band and Coachella. Would love to see them live there, too.

So what do you think, readers? Will The Stones headline? Was it a prank? If they are headlining, would you go see them?

Want more Coachella 2013 predictions? I tag all of mine Coachellaology.

Quick catch-up if you’re just joining us: I’ve covered Coachella since 2007 and I posted my first round of predictions, my opening bracket for Coachellaology, if you will, a few weeks ago. The first round of predictions: Mumford and Sons, Deadmau5, Blur and Local Natives. Then, Audio File readers got into the act and second round included the obligatory Daft Punk prediction, plus The Stone Roses, Watch the Throne, Depeche Mode and Eminem. Third round: Nine Inch Nails/How to Destroy Angels, Queens of the Stone Age, Run DMC, Rocket from the Crypt reunion and Passion Pit. Fourth round: Sigur Ros and Pearl Jam, the latter celebrating 20 years since the band’s 1993 show at the Empire Polo Club for promoter Goldenvoice that planted the Coachella seed. Then I posted about Nick Cave, Tegan and Sara and Converge. Just the other day, I predicted the Airborne Toxic Event, too.